Motorsport101

(Apologies to the early access gang on this one, work commitments got in the way, forgive me - Dre)
MotoGP finally said goodbye to the greatest bike racing track of all-time,. the legendary Phillip Island circuit. And PI gave the field one last treat and one last trick before leaving. Eight laps of one of the most brilliant Sprints ever, and a Grand Prix that didn't happen because Melbourne's climate is a bitc-
Marc Marquez has seemingly put one hand and four fingers on the title after Jorge Martin broke his wrist in a Sprint crash at the Hayshed in a Sprint that Marc would go onto win, even if the Grand Prix never actually happened because low cloud cover in Melbourne meant the medical helicopter could no longer fly. Welp. So an awkward goodbye from the sport itself, and questions to ask about the cancellation, and the scheduling. 
We also address the recent explosion in takes regarding MotoGP's new policy on missing mandatory media events like press conferences and autograph signings too.

He's almost there. Kimi Antonelli would take his ninth victory of the 2026 season to put him just two points away from becoming F1's youngest ever World Champion. And he made it look easy, taking the United States Grand Prix by 13 seconds in a race that never really got out of third gear.
We had Max Verstappen try to keep his winning streak going but failing due to a Red Bull that was operationally off the boil and a car that was seemingly having niggling issues, while Ferrari lacked pace when it mattered most, and lacked confidence to try to match Kimi's 1-stop strategy. And don't get us started on McLaren looking mediocre since Baku.
We also address what's been a weird week for people putting showing their metaphorical ass. From F1 inviting Sophie Cunningham and her transphobic grifting, to Ted Cruz handing out trophies, to Jeremy Clarkson pissing off Argentina again. Awful shit.
All that and chat about Cadillac keeping Sergio Perez and whether Bridgestone could be making a comeback in a new Motorsport101.

He just keeps on winning. It's Alex Palou's world, we're just living in it. So let's talk about the 2026 IndyCar Season with Dre Harrison, RJ O'Connell and Frontstretch's own Chris DeHarde.
As a trio, they address a lot of the post-season stories that we didn't get time to cover on the main show. For example, the shock move at AJ Foyt for them to release Santino Ferrucci and bring in Dale Coyne Racing's Dennis Hauger. There's also more on the IndyCar evaluation test as Josh Pierson fights to get on the grid against a rule that was seemingly created to stop paying drivers of his nature from getting on the grid in the first place. 
We also go team by team up and down the grid and break down their seasons as well as their future prospects. For example, Juncos actually kepy one of the drivers of the year in Rinus Veekay, who finally had the breakout season so many speculated he had in him. And what will Meyer Shank do as they sit on the brink of expansion. Are they bringing in Honda's own Super Formula ace in Kaku Ohta or former Red Bull Racing driver Yuki Tsunoda, as well as Mick Schumacher's surprising promotion up the grid?
And of course, the sport's elite class. Has McLaren actually made themselves weaker and strengthed their main opposition by gifting Chip Ganassi the third place finisher of Christian Lundgaard? And can Andretti rally behind Kyle Kirkwood to finally topple Alex Palou? So many questions, all covered in a 150-minute comprehensive edition of Motorsport101!

So you mean to tell me that MotoGP saw Aprilia have a 1-2-3-4 lockout of its Grand Prix, and yet arguably made their World Championship situation worse? Oh boy.
It turns out it kinda did end up that way? In Indonesia, the story of the weekend started on Saturday when a four wide between Fernandez, Bezzecchi, Marquez and Diggia ended up with Martin going from 5th to 1st, Marquez going to second, and Fernandez and Bezzecchi took themselves out of action in a chain reaction. But with Jorge Martin triggering his tyre pressure warning system, he had to cough up a Sprint win and ultimately finished four, giving Marquez an easy Sprint win in Mandalika.
Martin came back to finish 3rd in the GP was Bez won his first GP in 133 days, but with Marquez 6th, the Championship gap is STILL just 2 points with five races to go. Did Aprilia fumble the bag? Do they need team orders? And has this handed the advantage back to Marc Marquez? 
There's also a rant about the terrible state of Michelin tyres as Mandalika forced the final appearance of the heat-protected carcass rear that's been the bain of the sport for half a decade. Oh, and is fining riders for missing promotional events a good thing?

Hard to believe that this was ther 10th time Max Verstappen has tried and he's now finally won the Singapore Grand Prix. And he did it with a Sprint win in what was a dominant weekend, but with a few twists thrown in for shits and giggles.
We had George Russell briefly lead said Sprint after another half an hour torrential downpour - Nature of having two races in two weeks around the equator. So of course, Russell stacked it a lap in. We also had Ferrari get in the mix, but a radio blackout and some miscommunications cost them a likely double podium finish. We also had the McLaren's hit each other in the Sprint's final lap too.
Overall, this was a messy, messy race weekend. And we haven't even discussed the new news of the week - F1's returning to Africa for the first time since Kyalami in 1993. We're going to Rwanda for the African Grand Prix, sometime in the early 2030's. But there's some problematic questions that need answering with it...